Katie's Appointment

I have been putting off writing this update. Not because there is any bad news, but because there really seems to be no real news. In my mind I had hoped that a few days before Katie's appointment she would miraculously start talking. Many moms have told me stories of their own child who didn't speak until 2 or 3 and then one day was talking in sentences. (Secretly I am hoping that before she turns 2 - January 17th - that this will still happen!). But alas, still no real breakthroughs.

The time spent with the speech therapist was great. Her name was Debbie and she was very understanding, considerate and helpful. She gave us some good ideas of ways to help Katie. We can now sometimes get Katie to say "more", but only on good days and when she is feeling particularly playful. We are currently signed up for a class called "Target Words" which is for kids like Katie that appear to be fine in all other respects except for verbal skills. It sounds like a parenting class, which as a parent can make you feel like a bit of a failure. Henry & I will take a total of 6 classes in which they will teach us more ways to help Katie learn to talk. There will also be 3 times in which we meet with Katie with a speech therapist on a more one on one level.

So that is that. Katie is overall a very happy little girl who loves to laugh and loves to make others laugh. She happily goes off to play at the church nursery (which, after having a child who hated being left at church nursery, is so wonderful!). However, she hates having her picture taken at a photographer and hates having her hair cut by a hairdresser. Yeah. Imagine quite a lot of screaming and crying. So we have no pictures other than our home snapshots (compared to her sister who had quite a bit), but her hair is cut nicely thanks to a wonderful hairdresser who was somehow able to cut hair on a wiggling crying little girl. All in all we are generally not worried. Unless it's getting late and we're completely honest about our feelings.

I'm rambling, and that usually means its time to close. Thank you everyone for your words of encouragement and prayers!